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Now it has been a few years since rewatching, but this was the film I was the most excited to revisit in my “Road to Infinity War” watchathon! But out of all the solo films in the first phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, I’ve probably seen Captain America: The First Avenger the most! I remember wanting to see this movie so bad, but for some odd circumstances, I remember watching this movie for the first time weeks after its release, but I loved it the first time. I was a fan of Captain America before the film, but the tone was just perfect for me as a 12 year old. Anyways, I just finished watching the film so let’s check out if Captain America: The First Avenger still holds up for me after this incredible journey we’ve seen Cap go through after his first outing!
Good: I think the biggest thing I’ve picked up after this rewatch is how much I love and respect on how the filmmakers handled the mythology of Captain America in this movie. It’s so interesting to watch Steve Rogers start out as propaganda through comics and shows, it was a genius idea of the filmmaker’s! This movie perfectly captures the tone of the original comics, yet still grounds itself through the great character development. The introduction to Steve Rogers into this cinematic universe was absolutely perfect in this film, Marvel Studios casted the perfect man for the job in Chris Evans and I can’t quite possibly see anyone else as the character now! This film is one of the few Marvel films that actually gets better after seeing the films that followed it. Now after watching everything that’s gone down with the relationship between Cap and Bucky in Winter Soldier and Civil War, it’s really cool to watch them as pure friends in this movie. I also believe that this film also has a very underrated villain in the Red Skull. Hugo Weaving does a great performance as Red Skull and I really wish we could see more of him in the future, I mean he’s one of the biggest villains of the Marvel universe, having this great character in one movie seems a bit odd. The last thing I’ll say about this film is I really like how different this feels from the rest of the MCU. Some of the best MCU films are some of the most original in terms of its tone and technical aspects, and the way The First Avenger looks and sounds makes it stand out from the rest of the films. Alan Silvestri created an amazing theme for the character, and I would be upset that it hasn’t returned in the other Captain America films, but I really like the soundtracks for Winter Soldier and Civil War so I don’t mind.
Bad: My biggest complaint with this film is the pacing. This film feels very rushed in terms of the plot and character development. I wish the filmmakers made Steve Rogers Captain America longer in the 40s, it feels like he became Captain America then was frozen in ice in a matter of weeks. It would’ve been cool if there was a time jump so maybe we could return to Steve in the 40s doing stuff as flashback in other films *cough*BlackPanther*cough*. I also wasn’t a fan of how fast Bucky was “killed off,” I really liked their relationship but I wanted to see more of it!
Overall, Captain America: The First Avenger is an amazing first film for an amazing character that ultimately gets dragged down with its rapid pacing. This film is only two hours and I feel like they could’ve added 30 more minutes of development to truly make us feel Cap’s loss when he ultimately gets woken up in the present. That being said, this film is still a solid entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but merely a stepping stone to greater and more memorable films. For these reasons, I’m going to give Captain America: The First Avenger a 7.75/10. Let me know your thoughts on the First Avenger are in the comments below and look forward to my review of the film that brought all these heroes together next week!
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Location: Advent City.
Date: December 31st 2019.
“Jones?.. JONES!!!”
I jolted awake to find Fluxx staring me in the face while odd sounding electronic music filled my ears
Oh right. New years eve party… Joy…
“What time is it?” I asked groggily.
“Eleven fifty. Ten minutes til new years!” He replied excitedly.
“Right. Roaring twenties here we come…” I said trying to sound enthused.
I decided to get up off the couch and mingle a bit in order to stay awake since courtesy of the previous night’s activity it was proving to be a difficult task.
The IDPD had been on high alert lately due to continued abductions and had to bring in members of the criminal rehabilitation program to assist with the field research. Chief had finally managed to pry some info out of Huxley and learned that Gravestein had reached out to several multidimensional outlaws and fortune hunters. Providing “power enhancement” in exchange for gathering “test subjects” from various dimensions. Chief assumed the criminal community was simply unaware of Gravestein’s defeat and set up an “update” to where any crooks were to meet the Doctor. Stationing a few undercover officers at the location.
But I had a feeling something else was going on. It wasn’t just monsters and metabeings disappearing. Average humans were vanishing as well.
The most recent being my old “frenemy” as Fluxx called it, Maria Morfran who had gone missing while on holiday in London.
It all seemed very odd and I was about to go mad from the sleepless nights of research and tracking.
Which leads to why I’m at this party to begin with. To try and unwind.
“Bonsoir Count!” Said one of my teammates as he approached me. I recognized them to be one of the fellows I met on Halloween.
“Ah, le Professeur. Comment allez-vous ce soir?” I replied matching his French. And for those of you who aren’t fond of linguistics I essentially said ‘how are you this evening.’
“Fair. Which is likely better than you given your appearance. Stressful assignment from the Interdimensional task force?”
“You have no idea…” I said with a yawn. “Say, did you get those journals I sent you?”
“Indeed. They were most informative. And you’ll be happy to hear that I completed my study and destroyed the last vial of Dracula’s blood over the weekend. Quite a tedious process.”
“Good riddance!” I exclaimed with a sigh of relief. “You’d be amazed at how many times that blasted strigoi has been resurrected thanks to that blood…”
Just then we were interrupted by one of our armoured cooperatives whom I believe goes by the name Rongzero.
“Come on you guys, it’s almost midnight!” He exclaimed pushing us over to where everyone else was.
“Twenty, nineteen, eighteen…” they started counting. And as they did I started feeling strange.
“Seventeen, sixteen, fifteen, fourteen…”
A thumping sound started pounding in the back of my head. Wait, was that, my heartbeat? I haven’t heard that since-
“Thirteen, twelve, eleven…”
I quickly leaned up against the wall as I started feeling dizzy and my vision became blurred. The light of the room seeming to get brighter and brighter.
“TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN!”
The thumping became more rapid now and my ears started ringing.
“SIX! FIVE! FOUR!”
All the pain culminated into what felt like two daggers being shoved into my wrist.
“THREE… TWO… ONE…”
the pain was finally too much and as everyone shouted ‘HAPPY NEW YEAR’ I fainted.
When I opened my eyes I found myself back in my lair lying on my bed. All the pain having ceased entirely as though it were simply a nightmare.
“Somebody must’ve spiked the punch…” I muttered as i climbed out of bed and shifted to the living room. Bypassing the stairs. There I found Fluxx passed out floating slightly above the couch.
He looked as though he had been there a while.
“You alright mate?”
Fluxx jumped at my words. groggily opening his eyes and standing up.
“I should be asking you that… You’ve been out for a few hours now…” He stated while groggily rubbing his eyes.
“Well no need to worry mate. I feel fine now.” I said cheerfully. “In fact I feel absolutely splendid! I must’ve been farther behind on sleep than I thought.”
“Good, I’ll give the others a text that-“
Fluxx stopped mid sentence as he slipped on his glasses and stared at me in surprise.
“Jones? Are you partially shifted or something?”
“No, not at the moment. Why?”
“Well your face is sorta pale and uh…”
Flux trailed off as he motioned behind me to the mirror above the mantle of the fireplace.
I turned around to see… Nothing. Well, I saw Fluxx and everything in the room but not myself.
“As if you didn’t already look like a vampire…” Fluxx said with a nervous laugh trying to lighten the mood.
“I am afraid this is no laughing matter Fluxx…” I said turning around and walking into the next room. Motioning for Fluxx to follow.
we entered my study and I reached under the edge of my desk. I flipped the small brass toggle switch and with a loud hiss and clicking of clockwork the door to the room we just came from appeared to slide along the wall, around the corner and onto the other wall, revealing a library with a series of bookshelves that curved around the ceiling in a way that looked to defy gravity.
While my companion gazed in awe of the architecture I walked over to the first shelf and pulled out an old bestiary, then back into the study and sat down at the desk. (Flipping the switch again to return the door to it’s original location.)
“Let’s see… Sphinxes, Spiriduși, Spriggans, Squonks…” I muttered reading off the index.
“What in the world is a squonk?” Fluxx interjected. looking over my shoulder at the text he likely couldn’t read.
“Oh, a rather sad little critter with a monstrous and wrinkly appearance.” I answered as I flipped over to the V section when I didn’t see strigoi listed under S. Legend says they can cry themselves into a puddle of tears to evade capture. Now then… Valkyrie, Valravns… Ah, here we are. Vampires. Page 1487…”
I turned to the page number only to find it was missing from the book. and in it’s place was a note. Written in elegant cursive on parchment that looked older than any man alive.
“That wretched knave…” I cursed as I deciphered the text which was written in Romanian. it essentially said “Your books won’t help you my child. Your fate is sealed.” – Contele Dracula.
“Fluxx, where does the Professor live?" I asked setting the book down.
Fluxx shook his head. “No idea. He may still be at his Lab though. Why do you ask?”
“It appears something has gone awry… Dracula still lives…”
“Wait, Dracula? You mean he’s real?!”
I nodded with a look of surprise upon my face. “Didn’t you hear about the professor’s run in with him back in October? With the Knights of the Hallow and all?”
“Yeah, but I didn’t really believe it was actually Dracula.”
“Yes, his followers managed to help him return to this realm via vials of blodd from his original form… However I fear the Professor has mucked up something while he was destroying the last vial of blood. Or perhaps it triggered some sort of time released virus that-“
I shook my head and ran my hand through my hair to get my focus back on the task at hand.
“Let Sharp know I won’t be able to attend the training session today… I have things to attend to…” I said taking off my coat and swapping it out for a black and brown hooded robe.
I flipped up the hood and turned to face my companion who was looking at me quite worried. A mutual feeling honestly…
“I’ll keep you posted on what the Proffesor and I figure out. Until then you and the others keep an eye out for anything out of the ordinary savvy?”
Fluxx nodded.
“Will do Jones. Good luck…”
with that I shifted to the streets of advent city. Just a short walk from the HQ. oddly it was still dark out so I didn’t have to worry about the infection causing me to burn in sunlight.
just to be safe though, I stuck to the alleyways. So I didn’t spook anyone trying to get home after a long night of partying.
I soon rounded a corner and came to the back door of the Professor’s laboratory. Thankfully there was a light shining through the window which meant he was still there. So, I knocked on the door.
“It’s open Count.”
How did he- right, smartest man in the world…
I reached for the doorknob only for a burning feeling to shoot up my arm when I touched it.
Drat strigoi can only enter when invited inside… The Prof hadn’t directly asked me in.
So, I simply knocked again.
this time the Prof came and answered himself.
“Hmm. Vampire virus?” He asked upon seeing my appearance.
I nodded.
“Well, Come inside and you can help get to the bottom of this…” He said motioning for me to enter. “I have a feeling we’re all in for a very long night…”
to be continued...
When my dog was younger she used to get car sick quite often but she seems to have dealt with that due to the fact that we travel so much and it was pretty funny to have her looking out the windshield while being in the back. She actually seemed to be enjoying the ride.
We are excited to be staring this group from the beginning of the year. Last year the administrators of the group were kind enough to let us start mid year. We managed to get a photo in each week except the final week. We were away and the timing of our trip just didn't allow me to submit a photo. My apologies.
Anyway, here is my boy Tug, a year and a half old now. He is still kind of a goofball marching to the beat of his own drum. Not your typical Australian Shepherd...he has no interest in balls or the frisbee unless his sister has it. He is not very reserved, still causing a scene with his screeching with joy whenever he sees a favorite person. He can be a challenge at times but there is something very endearing about him. I am hoping my photos this year will impart a bit of what makes Tug, Tug!
Looking forward to getting to know all the rest of the group members and their dogs in greater depth this year.
Excited to upload my first image from my 4x5 Super Graphic! The view from our deck in Blowing Rock, NC. Negatives 2 and 3 weren't quite as good... Oh well, thats how we learn
I've received Empress Jacqueline's prints! I was so excited :)
Thanks again for the prints. I really like them!
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I’m very excited to bring my first movie review of 2017 to you guys today! I’m going to set a goal for myself to see more movies than I did in 2016, so it all starts here with The Founder! Well, technically this movie is a 2016 movie, but that’s only because it came in limited release in December for Oscar consideration, but since it was in wide release this weekend, I’m counting this movie as a 2017 movie. I was very excited to see this movie because I thought this story was one that needed to be told and I really liked the trailers. Anyways, let’s check it out!
Good: Like I said before, I’m glad that this story was told because the creation of McDonald’s is really interesting and they adapted the story very well in this movie. Everyone in the cast gave a stellar performance, Michael Keaton as Ray Kroc was obviously the best part of this movie, I think this is my favorite performance of his besides Birdman. This movie really was a rollercoaster of how you felt about Kroc. At first, you felt bad for him and you rooted for him when he was creating this McDonald’s empire, it felt like a true american story. But then you really started to hate him as the movie continued on because of the way he treated the McDonald brothers. Speaking of the McDonalds brothers, also enjoyed the character of Dick McDonald played by Nick Offerman. The way Offerman captured Dick McDonald and all the things he invented for McDonald’s was so cool and how he and Kroc clashed in this movie was thrilling! The other performances were great in this movie, but I feel like those two stood out the most. Now I think my favorite part of this movie was the aesthetic. What I mean is I dig the 60s fast food restaurant vibe this movie had, it made me want to go back in time and have an original McDonald's burger and fries! Anyways, I think the filmmakers perfectly captured the time period of this movie!
Bad: My biggest complaints I have with this movie are really just technical stuff. I was not a fan of the sound mixing and the editing of this movie. In terms of sound, I felt this movie was really muffled and quiet, the soundtrack wasn’t all that great either. As for the editing, I caught some really weird flaws in the editing. There’s this one moment where Kroc’s at the cashier counter and McDonald’s and there there two area where you could order, Kroc was at first ordering from the left cashier, and then when they gave him his food, he was all the sudden on the ride cashier, like the the scene was accidently mirrored or something. My final gripe with this film was I wasn’t quite a fan of the storyline between Kroc and his wife, I don’t think they did a good job portraying it, those scenes felt rather lifeless.
In the end, I had a really good time watching the “origin story” of McDonald’s and this rather “rise of an empire” feel it had. I believe if you are either interested in the movie by the story, the trailers, or the performances that may get some Oscar nods, you should definitely go see this movie! I’m going to give The Founder an 8/10. If you have seen this movie, let me know what you thought of it in the comments below!
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the girl is not in stock!!! but thats alright me and Ali have some new plans >:D we were looking around Pullip style and we fell for over someone else >:3as you can tell it is a boy :| Nely didn't really knew how to react but what ever...I AM so happy :D
I really tryed to draw him as much as he look at his promo (well...the face and clothes..i failed and the blazer :|) but meh...he looks a but like a girl DX but yea..haha Nely dreams about punching him all the time...i dont know why..im a bad person :(
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my vacation is over soon :| this is just so sad D;
i believe that ill make a pro soon...not sure but it is quite cheap for me :< we will see...hope you have a noce weekend guys :D
theres a photo here showing this pebble before maxxxi started playing with it. www.flickr.com/photos/35905801@N03/45746452822/in/datepos...
I am so excited! I Bought her head only. So my challenge now is to find a body with caucasian color.
Many Thanks to Jacob!
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Excited to show Avalons newest item the 2 styled male crop top
Available in the marketplace under Avalon
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Exhibition: Chad Killeen
I was excited with these masks. They look really cool. It's a pity I didn't have much time to talk to the author ;(